{"slug": "qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking-deprecated-retires-2026-10-10-qwen3-7-plus", "title": "Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) deprecated, retires 2026-10-10 → Qwen3.7 Plus", "summary": "Alibaba Model Studio has deprecated Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking), with the model set to retire on 2026-10-10 under the provider's deprecation policy. The model, listed at $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $6 per 1M output tokens with a 131k context window and 33k max output, is being replaced by Qwen3.7 Plus. Developers whose code calls the qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking endpoint must migrate before the retirement date.", "body_md": "QW✕ Retired\n\n# Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)\n\nAlibaba (Qwen) · qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking\n\nAlibaba Model Studio deprecation policy: retires 2026-10-10. \n\n[Provider statement →](https://models.dev/alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking)\nqwentext131k context33k max out$0.50 / $6 per 1M\n\nalso matches: \n\n`qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking`` alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking`\n[provider announcement →](https://models.dev/alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking)\n\nDoes your code call Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)?\n\n$ curl -fsSL https://llmstatus.ai/install.sh | bash\n\nThen `mm status` in any repo — it finds every model you use and flags the ones on a clock. No account, nothing uploaded.\n\n[Get alerted before it retires →](https://llmstatus.ai/sign-up)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking-deprecated-retires-2026-10-10-qwen3-7-plus", "canonical_source": "https://llmstatus.ai/m/alibaba/alibaba/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking", "published_at": "2026-10-31 06:00:34+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-31 07:17:46.816304+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "ai-products", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Alibaba", "Qwen", "Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)", "Alibaba Model Studio", "Qwen3.7 Plus"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking-deprecated-retires-2026-10-10-qwen3-7-plus", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking-deprecated-retires-2026-10-10-qwen3-7-plus.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking-deprecated-retires-2026-10-10-qwen3-7-plus.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking-deprecated-retires-2026-10-10-qwen3-7-plus.jsonld"}}